'If you are reading this, I am dead ...' The notice written by much-loved family man who died at 72

"If you're reading this... I am dead."
They were some of the final words of former Laceby Parish Council chairman Martin Greenbeck, who took the unusual step of writing his own death notice, pictured below, before he sadly lost his life to asbestosis.
Wife Sharon said it was testament to his positivity after being given such a devastating diagnosis as she paid tribute to her husband of 43 years.
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"Martin was a lovely man," she said. "He was fair, honest and always thought of the underdog. He was funny and he had... read more

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